Over the last 20 years, Thailand’s most popular boutique island has developed into a buzzing, sophisticated international holiday destination; but for guests in search of a true tropical escape, it is still possible to discover the original island atmosphere.
Back in the 1970s, Koh Samui was described in Lonely Planet’s first guidebook as “so far untouched”, but the island’s original visitors actually arrived almost 100 years earlier from China and Malaysia, draw